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4) Cut out Defects

Check for work, which has errors, mistakes, rework or omissions. They cause defects.

Examples are scrap, variation, missing parts or correction.

Check if you use one-piece pull and not batches to make units. Check if you have built-in quality. These steps remove defects.

5) Remove Unneeded Motion

Motion moves people. It doesn’t add value to delivery of goods to customers.

Store for easy use of items. Check one-piece flow. Build better workstations to help making goods. These remove unnecessary motion.

5S stands for sorting, straightening, sweeping or shining and standardizing. These steps keep the workstation clean.

6) Manage Transport

Transport moves goods and does not add value to customer delivery.

Check if you move parts in and out of storage. Check if you move materials from one workstation to another. These steps don’t add value.

Install better flow lines for work. Use “pull” methods to make goods. Use value stream of business.

These are countermeasures to non-value transport. People handle goods only when needed.

7) Keep Customer-focused Efforts

Processing is effort adding no value for customer.

Check for delay between steps. Check “push” method of making goods. Check if you have misunderstood the customer.

Check if customers and users approve your designs. These are items in extra processing.

“Kaizen” means continual improvement. It brings big results from many small changes added in time.

Taking the 7 steps will improve performance of your small business. And even if you don’t make goods, you’ll improve your service quality.

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Written by Suresh Iyengar, P.E., President, Business Unit Execution LLC––“Explosive Business Coaching Houston Results For Small Business”. Want even faster results? Are you ready to discover how? Call 281.410.5375 and speak to your Profitability Coach Houston